Jamestown Virginia-1962: Ferry Boat Docked at Pier with Cars Boarding

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationJamestown, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ferry Boat Docked at Pier with Cars Boarding — Clip Details

JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a ferry boat docked at a pier on a calm river. The grainy, slightly faded color footage shows the ferry's white structure and ramp, with cars waiting to board. Wooden pilings and a distant shoreline frame the scene, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American transportation moment. The handheld camera movement adds to the authentic, personal feel of this archival film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125292955

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2540 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: washington dc, jamestown
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Jamestown, Virginia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of river ferry transportation at Jamestown, Virginia.
Period detail: The ferry structure, open vehicle area, mid-century car glimpse, and faded color 8mm texture support the 1962 home-movie setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera looks from a passenger or visitor viewpoint, shifting from river and shoreline to the ferry landing without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm river water, distant shoreline, ferry landing structure, ramp area, vehicle window frame, dock railings, and small human figures.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transportation cutaway, travel insert, location transition, or memory beat in a mid-century Virginia sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows ferry access as part of a waterfront travel scene, with cars and visitors near a river crossing rather than a staged public ceremony.
Research note: People and ferry signage appear visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Jamestown Virginia ferry footage, 8mm home movie river crossing, vintage ferry dock, or mid-century American travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Jamestown or Virginia waterfront clips, then broader ferry and road-trip transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Jamestown, Virginia home-movie frame showing calm river water, distant shoreline, and small water markers through soft 8mm framing. — A quiet river view precedes the ferry landing sequence.

Soft 8mm view of the Jamestown river area with distant land across the water and a slanted ferry or vehicle edge in the foreground. — The camera holds on the water and far shoreline from a passenger viewpoint.

1962 Jamestown ferry landing frame showing the white dock structure, ramp area, railings, and a vehicle window at the left edge. — The ferry landing comes into view with the dock structure and ramp visible.

Jamestown, Virginia ferry dock in 1962 with white landing structure, ramp, railings, vehicle window, and small figures near the water. — A ferry dock and ramp area are seen from close range as people stand near the landing.

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